The Conservatives are "prepared to fight at the polls on their traditional territory of public services, schools and the NHS" - theguardian.com/politics/2019/… ... and what would that traditional territory be?
X : Labour uses spin just as much as the Conservatives.
Me : A fair shout for the old Campbell / Blair days but those days are behind us. Anyway. let us talk "NHS new money" - channel4.com/news/factcheck…
X : The Conservatives have announced record investment in police.
Me : After spending a decade cutting police numbers by 21,500 - theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/j… - you can't just add 20,000 officers. The problem is the infrastructure - buzzfeed.com/hannahalothman…
... it'll take a decade or more to undo the damage done which is considerable across society - theguardian.com/society/2018/n…
X : The Conservatives are not privatising the NHS.
Me : Gosh, we could go on for hours about patient budgets ACOs - keepournhspublic.com/campaigns/inte… etc. But let's just stick with the numbers - Private firms given £9.2bn of NHS budget - theguardian.com/society/2019/j…
So, let's ask this in a different way.
Each election, Conservatives rush out a set of voter friendly policies whilst declaring a new type of more caring Conservative. This is rapidly followed by an old type of Conservative should they win. Will this election be any different?
X : This is false choice, vague nonsense on a statement that is not true.
Me : Vague? You haven't heard of compassionate Conservatism before? Anyway, what did happen to it - blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…
Ok, so given it's "vague" then let's try to ask this in a more "concrete" way then.
If the Conservatives win the next general election, then in your opinion, which area would lose most over time?
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